Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) Vaccine Adherence Community Clinic Study

University of North Carolina System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Compliance

Treatments: Behavioral: HPV Vaccine Electronic Reminders

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01908517

Merck-50915

Details and patient eligibility

About

There has been very limited research that has looked at electronic reminders (text messages) and its effectiveness in adherence to vaccination among low-income minority populations. Results have shown that text messages, among low-income parents and adolescents who were identified as having a cellphone, is an effective strategy to increase the likelihood of adolescent vaccination adherence. Hard copy and electronic messaging reminders have also been proven to be effective when coupled with other prevention strategies for immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia and screening for colon, breast, and cervical cancer in adults. Additionally, Merck and Co. recommend electronic reminders in their patient compliance program as a key strategy for adherence. To our knowledge, this community-based pilot intervention study will be the first to assess electronic reminders and HPV vaccine initiation and adherence among rural uninsured and Medicaid populations. The investigators hypothesize that adolescent whose parents who receive the intervention will be more likely to initiate HPV vaccination and be compliant at 3 months and at 7 months as compared to the control group.

Enrollment: 522 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent/Caretaker has Medicaid or is Uninsured
• Parent/Caretaker has a child between 11- 18 y/o
• Parent/Caretaker should be able to read English or Spanish
• Parent/Caretaker should have a phone and/or email address to provide for the study

Exclusion criteria

• Parents who have children younger than 11 or older than 18 years of age
• Parents who are not currently uninsured or enrolled in Medicaid/Medicare.
• Parent/Caretaker's child who received the 1st dose of HPV vaccine before enrolling in study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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522 participants in 1 patient group

HPV Vaccine Electronic Reminders

Experimental group

Description:

Parents in the intervention group will receive 1 electronic message per month in addition to the baseline and final assessments which equates to 8 contacts over a 7 month period. Specifically, intervention group participants will receive 4 education messages, 2 reminder/education messages, as well as 1 baseline and 1 final assessment survey.

Treatment:

Behavioral: HPV Vaccine Electronic Reminders